processing

We are right in the middle of a power workflow class, and we are sharing everything we have learned to improve your workflow speed, editing and organization.  Both in the field on a trip and at home in your office.  We are showing our ‘secret’ (well, not really) technique of tagging images in the camera Read More

Here is one for ‘quick tip Monday’.  There are many new features in the latest version of Photoshop 2020 (version 22).  Some are obvious like Sky Replacement, others are buried in the program.  But one tool has been improved to help you master photoshop, the new ‘Help’ features.  With the program open, just go to Read More

After the amazing Sky Replacement feature that was added to the latest version of Photoshop, my next favorite new feature are the Neural Filters.  This is a brand new filter option, and offers tons of new potential.  Right now neural filters are in beta form, but it is obvious future updates will continue to improve Read More

Adobe just updated Photoshop, and wow, there are a lot of new features.  I’ll be introducing them in pieces since there are so many.  As with earlier updates, it seems like Adobe watches what photographers like in third party apps, and then introduce those into a new version (and it goes the other way too). Read More

If you have been reading this blog you may have noticed I do a more in-depth post on Friday, with news and smaller posts during the week.  Now each Monday I will be offering a ‘quick tip’, something that will improve your photography or processing, but simple and quick.  No twenty layer photoshop tutorials, just Read More

One of my favorite sliders in PS and LR is the Dehaze slider.  In an earlier post I mentioned how great this slider was for adding detail in an image, and improving contrast.  The Dehaze slider does what is says it does, reduces haze.  Try it on a northern lights image, it transforms these images Read More

We are winding down our Photoshop classes, and have had a great time with folks.  Many participants were excited to learn new PS skills, and one of my favorites is layer blending modes.  We used blending modes for sharping, saturating, star creation, text overlays…to name a few.  But one of the most simple, and most Read More

One piece of software we really like to use is ON1 effects.  This is part of larger package, On1 Photo RAW, that includes a database and raw editor similar to Lightroom.  While we still use Lightroom for our main editor and database system, we love to jump over into On1 to use some of their Read More

Part of our creative camera craft class yesterday was talking about how to create or enhance existing beams of light in an image.  Sometimes you just want those beams to be a little distinct, and other times you want a beam of light where there is no beam of light.  Lightroom has an easy way Read More